so there were lots of nice moments!! among my favorites:
• saw a great movie at my friend’s favorite and very cool theater
• enjoyed the presence of other writers during an hour of work on our projects
• explored a quirky used bookstore
• had several late night, falling-asleep-as-you’re-speaking chats with my friend of 26 years, just as we’ve always done
• laughed hard
• friend beat me to saying “i love you” and i realized how often i’m the first to say it in relationships/interactions and hearing it offered (instead of automatically returned) helped balm something i didn’t know was wounded
• proved to myself that even though i can never outrun my OCD, i can do more alongside it than i thought i could
